Brother Knights,
What a month! We began with the Organizational Meeting and Installation of District Deputies and State Officers and ended with an outstanding Fourth Degree Exemplification and Mass with our Bishop honoring Blessed Michael McGivney. Somehow the elected delegates found time to travel to Orlando and attend the Supreme Convention! I assure you that South Carolina was well represented and cannot wait to share more details at the next opportunity.
In his annual address, Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly stated: “The challenges we face are many and serious. In this new era, forming Catholic men must be our top priority. I have said it before and I will say it again: If we get the man right, we get everything right — the marriage, the family, the parish, the community. We need men who say “yes” to their God-given vocation. And we know what happens when men respond in faith.”
He went on to announce a new bible study called “Men of the Word.” Additionally, he announced there would be a new video series that follows the format of the Into the Breach video series. This new series will focus on love and marriage. All these new resources are designed to help your Council implement COR, which is a means to focus fully on faith formation and evangelization. More details about COR will be shared separately over the next few weeks.
Our goal this year for South Carolina is “to foster growth of the order; to ensure the Councils of our Jurisdiction are offering to all Catholic men the chance to fulfill the innate desire that we were created with to have communion with God which can be found through membership in the Knights of Columbus.” To that end, we wish to recognize St. Michael’s Council 8980 in Garden City for recruiting five new members in July. Additionally, we had four total councils qualify for the Fast Start Incentive drawing recruiting at least three new members in July. Congratulations to Msgr. Richard C. Madden Council 6629 in Summerville for being drawn as the winner. Both Councils will receive an incentive prize. Lastly, congratulations to Saint Fynbar Council 17760 for being the first Council to achieve 100% of their intake objective this Fraternal Year.
From what I have seen, all our Councils are off to an outstanding start. We wish you continued success in all your programs, activities, and efforts. Please reach out to your District Deputy for any assistance. Remember this weekend, to spend an extra five minutes in prayer, and to ask a man to become a Knight. If done in the right order, there is no stopping us!
Jeffrey Crouch
State Deputy
Semper Fidelis!
